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Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:00 AM

The 9/11 deniers

The success of the documentary "Loose Change" spotlights the thousands of online sleuths who believe the U.S. government was behind the terror attacks -- to get gold, justify war, or serve Satan.

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  • Tuesday, June 27, 2006 05:08 PM

    Why Manjooâ??s Article Matters

    Like it or not—and I most certainly do NOT like it—the various 9/11 conspiracies theories are associated with people who lean left politically. Why? Because these Deniers share one thing in common with lefties: they deeply dislike and distrust the Bush Administration.

    Over the years, many lefties including me have been critical of the moderate members of the Republican Party for kissing the asses of the kooky Christian Right and caving in to their demands for creationism in school, prayer everywhere, etc. Well, unfortunately we have our nutcases too. Do we want them to define us?

    That’s why we need to address this nonsense head-on.

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